Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Spring LEAF 2010

Another LEAF has come and gone. This one was definitely my least productive yet :) This is the Lake Eden Arts Festival in Black Mountain, NC. We filled our days blowing bubbles, drinking homebrew, catching up with friends and enjoying the scenery...My lovely friend Deb and I bought new earrings from Sonja's booth:Got good and sunburned hanging with the youngins while they sold their handmade crafties in the Kids Village "Kids Market" area:The bazaar style Kids Market:Kids Village this year was moved to a different spot of the festival grounds, which was a longer walk, but did provide for the tennis courts, which is where Clay (here showing pogo sticks tricks with a new friend) preferred to spend most of his LEAF time:We camp right above this jam tent, which is wonderful to stroll down the hill from camp and hang out at:Reed and I did the zip-line one day, which was a first for both of us, but SO fun! You have to jump off the side of a mountain, sail over a main walking path, and land in the lake :)LEAF parade on Saturday:Rock-climbing wall has been opened up this year - it's Sweet! Reed is on the left:Clay getting geared up:Probably my favorite thing about LEAF is that there is so much to see and do, this is just on the side of the path:and the Zumba class we could see from our camp site (which I really had wanted to go to, but at this point had too much food and drink in me to be motivated)Our friend Leah with Reed running by some vendors to get to a fire show:LED hula hoops - I *need* one!!Fire spinners, shot with the "fireworks" setting on my camera:You can volunteer, as I do every year and get in for free (I usually do set-up, but this year did clean-up for a day, you can also do shifts during the festival). There will be another LEAF in October - hope to see you there!